The Polish underground resistance during the Second World War: a study in political disunity during occupation

Prazmowska, Anita J.
(2013)
The Polish underground resistance during the Second World War: a study in political disunity during occupation.
European History Quarterly, 43 (3).
pp. 464-488.
ISSN 0265-6914

Abstract

The armed resistance movement which emerged in Poland during the Second World War is usually portrayed as united and representing all sections of society. In reality, this was very far from the case and the underground resistance was divided on several lines, of which that separating the Home Army (AK) from the peasant armed units was most pronounced. Conflicts between the two related to the army's role in the destruction of democracy before the war. As the end of the war appeared in sight, so these divisions multiplied as the peasant movement became anxious about the AK reconstructing the pre-war state of affairs